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• Examples of normal human developmental synostosis occur in the mandible and in the sacrum.From the entry synostosis
• Left mandible slightly longer than right one, its scissorial part wider.2018, S. A. Shabalin, Description of the larva of Acanthobodilus languidulus (Schmidt, 1916) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), page 4. From the entry scissorial
• Trulleum A basin-shaped depression near the dorsal base of the mandible, close to its articulation.2016, Brian L. Fisher, Barry Bolton, Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera. From the entry trulleum
• Each mandible has two scissorial teeth and a proximal tooth, the mola.2007, African Entomology, page 204. From the entry scissorial
• Mandibles with 4 teeth decreasing in size from the apical teeth, the antepenultime (subbasal) smallest.2004, Sociobiology, XLIV:i, page 328. From the entry antepenultime
• The amount by which the plate is overbowed must correspond to the thickness of the mandible.1994, Norman Lester Rowe, John Llewellyn Williams, Rowe and Williams' Maxillofacial Injuries, page 370. From the entry overbow
• The posterior vomerine teeth evidently met the posterior teeth of the mandible.1905, John Campbell Merriam, The Thalattosauria. From the entry vomerine
• Hyperplasia of the coronoid processes of the mandible is an uncommon condition that is often associated with limited mandibular motion.2016, Joseph A. Regezi, James J. Sciubba, Richard C. K. Jordan, Oral Pathology: Clinical Pathologic Correlations, →ISBN, page 310. From the entry coronoid process
• Of the 23 ovicaprid mandibles present, four exhibited dental calculus on the buccal surfaces of the cheek teeth.2015, Sylvia Warman, “Animal Bone”, in Mary Alexander, editor, Medieval and Post-Medieval Occupation and Industry in the Redcliffe Suburb…. From the entry ovicaprid
• Distraction osteogenesis of the mandible is widely used for improving the morphology of the facial skeleton in patients with hemifacial microsomia.2015 June 3, Tsuyoshi Shimo et al., “Installing an original sleeve for rod unaccessible pain from a distraction device in a hemifacial…. From the entry hemifacial
• After 1-week postinsertion, the patient was able to close the mandible in functional maxillomandibular occlusion position without manual assistance.2015, Pavankumar R. Koralakunte et al., “Prosthetic management of hemimandibulectomy patient with guiding plane and twin occlusion…. From the entry postinsertion
• As he moved the handles the two tiny levers opened and shut like the mandibles of a Picasso crab.2012, Michael Gilbert, Sky High, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry jigger
• Edentulous patients with an atrophic mandible require a different plating strategy than dentulous patients who have a greater amount of bone.2011, K. J. Lee, Elizabeth H. Toh, editors, Otolaryngology: A Surgical Notebook, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry dentulous
• Mandibles mat, finely weakly punctate except medially at base unpunctate.1989, Oriental Insects, page 303. From the entry unpunctate
• In all the neonates examined from the partially agnathous strain, there was no obvious agenesia of the lower mandible.1964, M. W. Fox, “Anatomy of the Canine Skull in Low-grade Otocephaly”, Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science…. From the entry agnathous
• In the new genus Bathyopsurus, the incessive part and the lacinia (on the left mandible) are well developed.1951, Hans Pettersson, Nils Gunnar Jerlov, Börje Kullenberg, Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition, 1947-1948, page 206. From the entry incessive
• The tooth-comb is formed by lower incisors and canines that are elongated and slender, and that form a procumbent unit in the anterior mandible.2015, Susan Cachel, “The Eocene Primate Radiation”, in Fossil Primates (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology)…. From the entry toothcomb
• The other palaemonoid families are therein jointly defined primarily by the slender third maxilliped and the mandible usually with a prominent incisor.2015, Sammy De Grave et al., “Let’s be pals again: major systematic changes in Palaemonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda)”, in PeerJ, volume 3, →DOI. From the entry palaemonoid
• On the dorsal surface of the mandible is the trulleum, a basin-shaped depression, and the mandalus, a small unpigmented area at the base.2005, Laurel Dianne Hansen, Carpenter Ants of the United States and Canada, page 38. From the entry trulleum
• Usually she crambles the sand particles with her mandibles and fore legs and sweeps it out backwards through the underside of her abdomen.1958, Fukui Daigaku. Kyōikugakubu, Memoirs: Natural science, page 30. From the entry cramble
• The quadratojugals are relatively large in the primitive skull, sometimes forming a part of the articular surface for the mandible (Fig. 21 b).1925, Samuel Wendell Williston, “Chapter 1”, in The Osteology of the Reptiles. From the entry quadratojugal
• The canthellus may extend to, and even fuse with, the base margin of the mandible (canthellus closed) or may fail to reach the basal margin (canthellus open).2016, Brian L. Fisher, Barry Bolton, Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera. From the entry canthellus
• And it does have cusps on its mandibles, it has no little tool kit, no curriculum or pollen basket to carry pollen back to the nest.2005 June 17, “Interview: Keith Delaplane and Stephen Buchmann discuss the health of bee populations around the world”, in Science Friday…. From the entry vulture bee
• When the retrozygomatic approach is used, a part of the mandible or zygoma may be removed or the zygoma may be outfractured to provide for an adequate tunnel.1980, James Byron Snow, Controversy in Otolaryngology, W. B. Saunders Publishing - The Michigan University Press, page 508. From the entry retrozygomatic
• The bigoniac diameter may also show an exaggerated development due to the enormous volume of the mandible ( criminaloid type — Lombroso's assassin type ) .1913, Maria Montessori, Pedagogical Anthropology, page 384. From the entry bigoniac
• The earliest nimravids, Dinictis and Hoplophoneus of western North America, were already saber-toothed, with large, serrated, and laterally compressed upper canine teeth and a protective bony flange on the mandible.2006, Kenneth D. Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, unnumbered page. From the entry nimravid

Meaning of mandible

1. noun The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.
2. noun Either of the upper and lower segments of a bird's beak.
3. noun Any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials.

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How do you use mandible in a sentence?

Mandible is used as a noun. For example: “Examples of normal human developmental synostosis occur in the mandible and in the sacrum.”

What is a short sentence with mandible?

“Mandibles mat, finely weakly punctate except medially at base unpunctate.”

What does mandible mean?

Mandible means the jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.